BRIGGS wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:You play slower if you draft Ok4. Halfcourt ball. Back to the Ewing/Melo days

No way--Id put Jahi at 5 --did you see him in the MCd game up and down? Did you know that Karl Towns in an up and won game with the top guys had 6 points and 2 rebounds while Jahill had 17-7?

That is because the duke system is designed around Okafor.

knicks1248 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:We need to find guys who can play the game at a faster pace. I think that Schveyd with the right running mate can go in that direction--but the offense needs much more pace as a foundation starting next year--we need faster players. If I see Calderon near a ball with a Knick logo on it

What difference would it make if your instructed to set up the triangle. How many times have we seen players jet down the court ahead of everyone only to pull back and set up a play. Larkin is the fastest guy in the NBA, and what about the 100's of times we seen shump do that. when your trying to establish a system as difficult as the triangle, you get players thinking too much.

Phil's Bulls and laker teams picked their spots when to run very effectively. It behooves the team to have some guys who are athletic and can run after great defensive stops and turnovers. We will be extremely slow total halfcourt team with ok4 and Melo. If they don't plug in a center who can shoot they will have spacing issues. Similar problems Melo/Amare/TYSON had.

Towns runs well and can space the floor

I don't see anyone in the immediate or for seeable future that resembles MJ or Kobe. I was never sold on Phil being the best coach ever, not when you have arguably the 2 best wing players ever to play in the NBA. Im talking from a mental and physical stance.

When Phil was left with just kobe and a few solid role players, they got swept in the first round, and phil retired.

I already know fisher will either leave next season and use the family excuse just so he won't make phil look bad. With that being said, a PG is what we should be in the market for, because lets face it, it's a guards league, and if you don't have an elite one your not pushing the pace no matter who's on the court.

We'll see how things go next year when this team is revamped. I think Phil is much more of a great basketball mind than naysayers realize. He hasn't played his best hand yet but keep on thinking that this year is a good indication of what he's capable of. If you want to have a better idea of what Phil is trying to do here with the Knicks look no further than the Spurs. That's the kind of team he wants to build. He's not trying to build a Golden State type of roster. There are different ways to build a team and he's going to go in a direction that is closer to what he had with his teams. So the Spurs type of team is a better example of what we can expect from Phil.

Phil Jackson: "The way the Spurs played in the Finals was a beautiful demonstration of team basketball. That's how the game should be played."

"Establishing how you want to play basketball is important," Jackson said last week. "There are only a few teams that you can see in this league that say, 'OK, this is our definitive way we play.' We want to be one of those teams."

“You do need great players to win the championship, but having to always chase the best talent in free agency eventually becomes a mind-set of, well, the best talent wins as opposed to who plays the best team basketball — which is what San Antonio showed last season,” Jackson said. “Their play was special, a team that really values passing, a system where they’re not just standing around, spacing out shooters. That’s also what Atlanta and a couple of other teams are showing this year.’’

“We’re not going to punch all the right buttons in the process of doing this,’’ Jackson said. “But we’re looking for multiple talents, drive, intelligence, guys that will play defense. We hope to develop a team, and there are a lot of agents out there looking to find a good spot for their players.”